Ternate

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Etymology

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Reduplication of sume (to blow one's nose).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sumesume

  1. (intransitive) to sob

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sumesume
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tosumesume fosumesume misumesume
2nd nosumesume nisumesume
3rd Masculine osumesume isumesume, yosumesume
Feminine mosumesume
Neuter isumesume
- archaic

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh